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Klingon Word of the Day: job
by Klingon Word of the Day 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Klingon word: job Part of speech: verb Definition: zigzag, be jagged Source: qep'a' 24 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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'op ret or 'op (time period) ret ?
by mayqel qunenoS 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Can we say just {'op ret}, or do we necessarily need to write some kind of time period right after the {'op} e.g. {'op tup ret} ? ~ channgan qIj

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The merits of cosplay
by mayqel qunenoS 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

pIj, instagram vInaw'taHvIS, sith cosplay mIllogh vIlegh, sith cosplay vImuSHa'mo'.. vaj, loDpu' be'pu' je vIlegh; sithpu' rurbogh loDpu''e' be'pu''e' je.. 'a Dojqu' wa' ngoD; pIj, instagram sith Doj law' star wars sith tutlh Doj puS ! pIj, instagram sith 'IH law' star wars sith tutlh 'IH puS. 'ej nuv motlh chaH instagram nuv'e'.. tlhIH jIH je nururbogh nuvpu''e'.. vaj, instagram sith vIleghtaHvIS, motlh jISIv; motlh jIghel'egh: qatlh sithpu' lIl nuvpu' motlh ? qatlh, Segh jallu'bogh lulIlnIS ? 'ej, ngugh vIt vItlhoj.. sith vIlle' chaHba'; 'a ngoDvam 'oHbe' meqchaj'e' neH. latlh meq tu'lu' je, 'ej meqvam potlh law' Hoch potlh puS. qaStaHvIS yIn, mavumnIS.. ghogh'ot DIDIllaHmeH mavumnIS, 'ej qaStaHvIS Hoch jaj, pIj DalchoH yIn.. vaj, DI'rujvam Dal lIjnISlu'; chaq qaStaHvIS rep puS neH, DI'rujvam Dal lIjlaH vay', 'a ngoQvam chavlaHchugh vay', vaj ghaHvaD potlhqu'. vaj, meqvammo' cosplay luqeq 'op nuv.. qaStaHvIS bel Qu'vam, nuv pIm lumojlaH, 'ej qaStaHvIS 'op poH, DI'ruj Dal luchoHlaH. ~ Da'atlh

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Thoughts on mu'qaS veS
by mayqel qunenoS 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

There is a school of thought in tlhIngan Hol learners, which says: Since you chose to learn a constructed language, you need to get “in-character”; you need to get the “feeling of this language”, by letting go of your native-language-habit, of insulting someone by the use of sexually-oriented words which would concern his mother. After all - this school of thought continues -, perhaps klingons wouldn’t find anything sexual offensive; perhaps they would be way more offended by the sound of {yIH muSHa’wI’} rather than “cocks***r”. I can partly understand this school of thought, at least as far as cosplaying is concerned. After all, during cosplay, one could expect klingons to express terran concepts, to the same degree one would expect orcs from the lord of the rings, to talk about phasers, photon torpedoes, and warp drives.. However, the extent of my willingness to agree with this school of though ends, the moment cosplay clothes are taken off, and real life begins. Klingon obviously started as the language of the fictitious star trek warrior race, however not all of the real-life-actually-breathing-on-this-earth people, learn it for the purpose of understanding star trek dialogues. And some of us don't even like klingons to start with.. So, here comes the second school of thought, that says: Klingon should at least have the vocabulary to construct the mu’qaD veS phrases needed in actual everyday life. And I always counted myself among the people of the second group.. I’m really sorry (actually not at all..), but I could never stop being irritated by the argument “klingons would never use this or that”. It is the money-laundering equivalent for “how do we justify the obvious inadequacies ? lets say, klingons would never say that”. And what irritates me is, that the vocabulary needed to construct real-life mu’qaD veS, should already exist. Lets talk about the vocabulary which concerns procreation.. We already have bogh, yatlh, nga’chuq.. But do we have a word for “penis” ? No.. Do we have a word for “vagina” ? No again.. For a baby to be born, first something needs to enter something.. And after a while, the baby has to come out of somewhere.. And it isn’t like I’m saying “we should have the vulgar versions of the male/female reproductive systems”; we could make due with the medical/scientific terms, as is the case with lay. Unfortunately though, klingon lacks these words, although we do have numerous words which describe the various body parts. So, I wonder.. Why is that ? Are we some kind of underaged children, who must at all costs never hear the f-word, let alone use it ? Or is it perhaps, that klingon mothers vuj their babies through their Sa’HutDu’, so there is no need for words which would describe their reproductive systems ? Sovba' qeylIS neH.. qeylIS neH.. ~ channgan qIj

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Klingon Word of the Day: quv
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Klingon word: quv Part of speech: noun Definition: honor Source: TKD-A (184 KE, 188 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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voD and mu'qaD veS
by mayqel qunenoS 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

I can't.. I just can't ! If I don't write this I'll explode ! At the last qep'a' the word voD was revealed for "drill, bore". As soon as I read it, the english verb "screw" came to my mind, and when I hear "to screw" the last think that comes to my mind is the tightening of screws.. So, I wonder.. If someone said to a klingon.. SoSlI' Sa'Hut luvoD wa'maH verengan mang. or SoSli' ngaghmeH QemjIq voD wa' verengan mangghom. Would he get the meaning ? ~ channgan qIj tera' joH, Qeb joH, luquvmoHjaj Hoch !

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tkd aside..
by mayqel qunenoS 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Besides the information with regards to stress and pronunciation, which are mentioned in tkd.. Have there ever been released in qep'a', qepHom leaflets, or in HolQeD, any more information on stress/pronunciation ? I mean general information as they are written in tkd, not information on regional dialects or individual words. ~ channgan qIj

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Klingon Word of the Day: DaH
by Klingon Word of the Day 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 14, 2018 Klingon word: DaH Part of speech: noun Definition: weapons array, bank (of weapons) Source: BOP This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: DuS
by Klingon Word of the Day 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 13, 2018 Klingon word: DuS Part of speech: noun Definition: torpedo tube Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: 'uSgheb
by Klingon Word of the Day 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, October 15, 2018 Klingon word: 'uSgheb Part of speech: noun Definition: a noisy bird known to make a ruckus at dawn, likened to a rooster Source: HQ:v10n4p5 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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